Thread-winding mechanism.



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E. POHL. THREAD WINDING MECHANISM. ABPLIOATION rum) AUG.I9,1906.

Patnted Jan.'19, 1909.

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INVENTOR I BY I fiiATTORNEYS' EDWARD POHLQOF PA TERSON, JERSEY."

THREAD-WINDING MECHANISM. I i

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed August 19, 1905. Serial No. 274,824.

plurality of parallel drive shafts arranged in a plane, and having drivewheels adapted to engage the whirls of bobbins. The bobbins are disposedin a plurality of rows above the said drive shafts, and hence their axeswill also be substantially in a plane. For guiding the threads to thebobbins I provide a thread guide comprising a plurality of threadguiding members, one for each bobbin, each thread guide individuallyadjustable in several directions, independently of the adjustment of anyof the other said members. Preferably the thread guide frame is arrangedimmediately beneath the drive shafts, and the thread guiding membersextend laterally therefrom and then upward between the drive shafts andthe bobbins. This arrangement is exceedingly advantageous, for it leavesthe spaces between the bobbins clear, right through the machine, exceptfor the small space occupied by-the individual thread guiding members,and, these thread guiding members being individually and independentlyadjustable, they may be adjusted one way and another so as to be clearof any particular spot as may be desired. The planes in which the axesof the bobbins and drive shafts are arranged are preferably inclined, sothat, with the thread guiding members projecting but a small distanceabove the bobbins, the threads may be properly distributed and guided totheir respective bobbins through the shortest and most direct course.Again, the upper part of the machine is substantially clear ofmechanism, so that access may be readily had to every part of themachine.

My invention also consists in the particular form of thread guidingmember per se comprising a hub, and adjustable means carried thereby, aswill be more specifically pointed out hereinafter.

I will now proceed to describe mechanism embodying my invention, andwill then point out the novel features in claims.

In the drawings: Figure l is a view in side elevation of windingmechanism embodying my invention, a portion thereof being broken awayand in section, and showing in partial central vertical section andpartial side elevation, a lustering apparatus from which the threads maypass to the winding mechanism. Fig. 2 is a top view of the windingmachine, certain parts being broken away in order to show other parts.Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are, respectively, side, front and top views of athread guiding member.

The winding mechanism as a whole comprises a machine having a main frame1 and bobbin guide and supporting frames 2 suitably secured thereto.These frames 2 are arranged in pairs across the top of the machine, andeach pair of frames has guiding slots 3 for receiving the spindles ofbobbins 4 when the said bobbins are arranged in driving relation, andsockets 5 for receiving the spindles of the bobbins when they are to beheld out of driving relation. Beneath the slots 3, and suitablyjournaled in the frame 1, are a plurality of drive shafts 6 carryingdrive wheels 7. The whirls 8 of the bob bins 4 are arranged to rest uponthe peripheries of the drive wheels 7, the spindles of the bobbins beingguided freely in the slots 3 in the frame 2 ad acent the said whirl. Thespindle at the opposite end of the bobbin rests in the bottom of theslot 3 of the other frame 2, the same forming a bearing therefor.

There are a number of pairs of frames arranged. across the machine, andthe shafts 6 are arranged beneath the said frames, being provided eachwith a drive wheel 7 between each pair of frames. Each shaft istherefore arranged to drive one row of bobbins, and, there being aplurality of such shafts 6 arranged with their axes in a plane, itfollows that the said shafts are adapted for supporting and rotating aplurality of rows of bobbins, each row comprising a series axially in aline with each other, and the axes of all the rows arranged in a singleplane. Suitable means is provided for simultaneously driving the severalshafts 6, and, in the present instance, such means comprises a shaft 9,suitably journaled in bearings secured to the main frame 1, and mitergears 10 and 11 arranged upon the shafts 6 and the shaft 9,respectively. The shaft 9 is connected by means of bevel gears 12, avertical shaft 13, I

vertically and rotatably adjustable in the and other bevel gears 14 withthemain- -drive shaft 15. Suitable clutch. mechanism 1'6.

may be employed for controlling the same, as is well known. I v

In order to properly guide the threads to their respective bobbins, andto-move. the; thread backwards and forwards with relation to its bobbinso as to properly arrange the thread upon its bobbin, I have provided atraversing thread guide. This traversing thread guide comprises a framecomposed of a plurality of parallel rods 18 secured to gether by a bar17. The rods '18 are arranged immediately beneath the drive shafts 6,their axes lying in vertical planes with the axes of the said shafts.The ends of the rods 18 are suitably supported and guided in 7, supportthe hubs, and a stem 25 adjustably mounted in said intermediate member23 and secured in position by means of a set screw 26. At the upper endthe stem carries a porcelain guide piece 27. The stem 25 is both member23, as will be well understood, and, by the various adjustments providedfor, it will be seen that universal ad ustment is ossible for the guidepiece 27, that is, vertical, backwards and forwards, or sidewise in anydirection. When the hub is located in proper position upon the rodsupporting it, the guide may swing in any direction either longitudinalof the path of the traversing guide as a whole by means of the pivot 24,or transverse of that movement by moving the hub bodily around upon therod. Again, should it be desired to move the hub along the rod withoutchanging the relative position of the guide piece 27, this may be done,as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. It will be noticed that the hub andintermediate piece are offset from their point of support upon the rod18, so that the stem will be permitted to rear its head upward betweenthe drive shafts and bobbins. The proper height for the guide piece 27may be readily regulated by means of the set screw 26. In order toreciprocate the said thread guide as a whole, I provide a camoreccentric 30 mounted upon a substantially vertical shaft 31, saidshaft driven through a worm and gear connection 32 from the shaft 9. Alever 33, pivoted at 34, is provided with a follower 35 engaging thesaid cam or eccentric, and is connected with the bar 17 of thetraversing guide through a link connection 36. A turn buckle 37 ispreferably arranged in the said link3t ,whereby the position thetraversing thread.guidewithrespect to the lever 33 may be readilyadjusted. A spring 38 holds 'the camn'follower35 up to the face of thecam members and thence to the individual bobbins 4. The bobbins arerotated at a high speed by means of their driving mechanism,

while the traversing thread guide'is slowly reciprocated back and forth.The threads are thus wound up u on the bobbins. By the, arrangement of te bobbins, it will be seen that an attendant, standing at any pointaround the machine, has a complete view of all the bobbins, and hencecan watch them all and instantly detect if'there is any fault in any oneof them. If a thread breaks, a bobbin may be quickly removed, and, ifdesired, may be allowed to rest in the sockets 5, by which it will bemaintained out of driving relation until the thread is once moreproperly connected, andit is again desired to operate same.

The preferable arrangement for the bobbins is in an inclined lane, asshown, and, by this arrangement, a ll the threads may be carrieddirectly to their respective bobbins without interference with eachother. The threads may come from any suitable source, but, in thedrawings I have shown same as being drawn from an apparatus forlustering and finishing silk filaments or threads. 7

It will be quite ap arent that the thread guide per se is capabl g ofother uses than in the precise form of machine herein illustrated, and,though I have designed it particularly for use in connection with thismachine, and so claim it, I do not wish to be limited to such use, as,obviously, it has a wider range of usefulness.

What I claim is:

1. In thread winding machinery, the combination with means forsupporting a plurality of rows of bobbins, the axes of all said bobbinsbeing arranged substantially in a plane, and a plurality of driveshafts, one for each row of bobbins, arranged beneath the said bobbins,of a traversin thread guide therefor comprising a plura ity of parallelrods secured together to reciprocate beneath said drive shafts, and aplurality of individual thread guiding members each comprising a hubadjustably mounted upon said rods and a stem vertically and laterallyadjustable upon said hub, said stem arranged to extend u ward betweensaid bobbins and drive sha ts, substantially as specified.

2. In thread winding machinery, the combination with means forsupporting a plurality of rows of bobbins, the axes of all said bobbinsbeing arranged substantially in a plane, and a plurality of driveshafts, one for each row of bobbins, arranged beneath the said bobbins,of a traversing thread guide therefor comprising a plurality of parallelrods secured together to reciprocate beneath said drive shafts, each ofsaid rods arranged in a vertical plane with a drive shaft, a pluralityof individual thread guiding members secured to said rods, and havingoffset portions arranged to project laterally therefrom and upwardbetween said drive shafts and bobbins, to a point above the saidbobbins, the thread guiding members each comprising a hub adjustablymounted upon the said rods, an intermediate member pivotally mountedupon the said hub, and a stem longitudinally adjustable in the saidintermediate member substantially as specified.

3. In thread Winding machinery, the combination With means forsupporting a plurality of rows of bobbins, the axes of all said bobbinsbeing arranged substantially in a plane, of a traversing thread guidetherefor, including a rod, and individual thread guiding members eachcomprising a hub 21 arranged to be supported upon said rod andlongitudinally adjustable thereon, an intermediate member 23 pivoted tosaid hub upon an axis at right angles to said longitudinal movement ofadjustment, and a stem25longitudinally adjustable with respect to saidntefimediate member, substantially as set ort EDWARD POHL.

Witnesses:

D. HOWARD HAYWOOD, O. F. CARRINGTON.

